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Indoor portrait photography techniques
A disadvantage of shooting in the indoor lighting is not ideal, in most cases, indoor light will be too dark. At this time, the flash is obviously a very effective artificial light, powerful, and the use of diversification, but you can also shoot the scene when the effective use of existing light.
Built-in flash of light is often too weak, too cold, the recorded image will destroy the atmosphere of the whole environment. When shooting at 3 meters away, you have to use the exposure index of at least 36 to 40 external flash - you can flash to the understanding of friends or photographic equipment dealer to use your camera with flash devices and their performance. Need soft lighting, you can also flash on the camera's set-top or lateral, while using reflectors and diffusers for the lighting soft, it is because it can enhance the effective lighting area, with a side light to photos bright three-dimensional objects.
Large room in the shooting, you can use multiple flash or play a large aperture, the release of different locations in the room the shutter - this approach will be very difficult, especially when you do not have photographic assistant.
You can also use artificial light to replace the continuous flash, tungsten halogen light and light is a good choice, if the camera's automatic white balance setting does not make you be satisfied with the results, you may wish to try several different white balance settings, If you can not use additional artificial light, you can only use so-called "an effective natural light ", and they may be light shining through the window, it may not affect the normal artificial light photography. The advantages of using natural light effectively lighting the room is very natural.
Unless you buy very cheap thinkpad r51 battery camera, otherwise you'd better choose the exposure time (determined by the shutter speed) in 1 / 500 to 1 or 2 seconds the camera, but can choose as many different aperture, the camera itself qualifications to enable you to shoot indoors in the dark possible, but also capture the effect was very good photos.
It is noteworthy, however, indoor shooting, it is best to turn off the flash, while the camera on a tripod, otherwise the picture will become blurred. There is no tripod, you should also be possible to find a stable anchor, these methods although there is not one good effect, but also appropriate because of the camera shake caused by the reduced image blur. When the shutter is released, the camera against a hard object - benches, pillars or walls, only thing is solid on the line, and then very gently press the shutter release button. If possible, self-timer can also be used to release the shutter.
In poor light or when shooting unstable environment (such as prohibiting the use of flash site), the only option is to increase the sensitivity, high-end cameras have "to force sensitization " feature, you can from a series of ISO values choose from double or quadruple speed. However, this method will greatly affect the image quality. Which, of course, this is to avoid image blur caused by shaking the only way, especially in the free activities taking pictures or shooting when your subject is particularly useful.
When shooting photos of people in the room, we often use the built-in Digital Camera flash for fill light, but if not properly use flash light, often left behind in the main characters ugly shadow, seriously affecting the photos of the beautiful. So, how to avoid or reduce the occurrence of this phenomenon flash shadow of it?
Let people as far away from the wall or object
Projection based on the principle of light, when characters from the walls or behind objects closer, the interior lights and the original can not be irradiated or reflected natural light to the people behind the walls and other objects, when a strong light flash light, it will be taken so that people behind the walls and other objects left on the heavy li-12b battery flash shadows. Therefore, in the case does not affect the composition, so that people as far away from the white wall or behind objects, with sufficient space and distance, the shadow will be significantly reduced flash.
Choose a bright background
When shooting indoors, we can use natural light as the background under bright windows and doors can also use lamps and other lighting equipment available for people to be taken to create a bright background, choose the right camera angle, so that the shadow of the flash will disappear in a bright background.
The location of the camera to be higher
When using the flash indoors, the camera position is higher, are some, such a flash behind the projector is in the figure below, will be part of the subject were blocked, it seems less obvious, minimize the use of head-up or looking up the machine digital photography. In addition, to avoid the composition vertically, as when shooting vertically, rotate 90 degrees to the camera, the flash in the side position, make it easier for some people fall on the side of the flash shadow in the background and characters on the left side of a contour line The thick black shadows. Banner in the photo shoot, the flash light source is above the issue from the lens, the projector weaker more.
Properly cover the flash
As small interior space, shooting from close, the use of flash is not only easy to cast a shadow on the face but also make the characters white, then, we can use the white gauze, paper towel stockings and even the role of the occluder with astigmatism proper shelter flash, the flash light becomes softer. Use of gauze and other items will be pasted with adhesive tape out of the flash (be careful not to block the hole and focus the viewfinder), a layer of soft, if not satisfied, you can add two or even three. However, cover the flash, the flash illumination will be reduced, thus increasing exposure to the appropriate value.
Use slow sync flash mode
Indoor use of flash photography, in addition to the flash of light, there will be injected into the natural light from windows and doors interior lighting, only because the latter two sources is weak, can not let the main characters have enough exposure. We can use the slow sync flash mode, use flash light to illuminate the main characters, and then use a long shutter (1 / 15 ~ 1 sec) the other still life shooting indoors, you can use indoors to weaken the original flash of light leaving under the shadow. Best to use a tripod when shooting can also be fixed using tables and chairs and other objects, digital cameras, to prevent vibration when shooting while people were taken to maintain the original position after the flash lit until the shutter is closed.
Lighting method using reflection
You can adjust the direction of the PowerBook G4 Battery flash or external flash can be used (installed on-top) of the digital camera, the flash head towards the people or the side opposite the ceiling, walls and other white reflective material, the use of a reflected light illuminates the subject person . This reflected light can change the direction of the flash, from the top of the front light or light into the former before the side light, and similar natural and soft light scattering. When this method to avoid the use of the colored surface, because its reflected light will cast a special color photo. To add flash from the camera as much as possible on top of a higher position, the reason for this is to make the strobe lights similar to the subject's point of view angle of the sun, so that the shadows behind the subject naturally falls, and the shadow will not be annoying. This method is also impairment of light, of course, need to pay attention to the accuracy of the exposure.
When shooting portraits, no matter what the use of light, as long as the person in front of the subject and have enough brightness, will be reflected on to the eyes, appear reflective points of light to form eyes. Reflection points shown in the eyes, in shape, size and location is always different. For example: the indoor portraits, the light from those far away from the subject shining through the window, his eyes each window will appear bright shadow; use flash on the camera, it will cause in the eyes of a small central white point; the use of reflectors or reflective umbrella, it will form a reflection area, this reflex is usually to one side.
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Pro Photographers: Which is harder, in your opinion to master? On location or studio?
Personally, I'm a studio photographer that is quite comfortable with using my lights and camera and they work so harmoniously together when I have my strobes.
However, when I do on-site shoots, I don't have anyone to hold a reflector, so I'm chained to my tripod. I find that quite cumbersome and difficult, Not to mention, you have to change your settings more often that you would have to in studio.
Which was harder to learn for you?
Just curious 
Thanks!
in my opinion, on location.
Good on location shoots needs lights scrims reflectors and the list goes on and on.
Wheter you are shooting on location or in a studio, the variables are finite; Light. It all comes down to light.As a studio photographer I'm sure you sympathize.
In a studio you have control over all light sources. If you know what you are doing, it is quite simple and straight forward.
On location, it gets more difficult. Now you have a light source that you can't control. You have to mold it, manipulate it, bend it to your will. It is the very idea that natural light is rarely consistent, makes on location shooting much more difficult. On location shoots, light changes, day by day, as the wind shifts, clouds, rain. It makes shooting much more difficult. And it reduces your window for hte optimum shot. Even with all the manipulation and lights and scrims, often times we are left at the mercy of mother nature.
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Sony Cybershot DSC-TX10 Review and Spec
The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX10 digital camera is based around a 1/2.3"-type, 16.2 effective megapixel, backside-illuminated Sony Exmor R CMOS image sensor with RGB color filter array, coupled to a Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar-branded 4x optical zoom lens. For 4:3 aspect still image shooting, the Sony TX10's lens offers a 35mm-equivalent range from a useful 25mm wide angle to a moderate 100mm telephoto. When shooting 16:9 aspect stills or movies, a greater sensor crop leads to a 27 - 108mm equivalent range, while 4:3 movies have the highest level of cropping, and a 33 - 132mm focal range. The aperture varies from F3.5 to F6.3 at wide angle; at telephoto the maximum aperture is F4.6, and the minimum aperture isn't stated. Autofocusing is possible to just one centimeter at wide angle, or 50 centimeters at telephoto. The camera can capture 4:3 aspect ratio images at up to 4,608 x 3,456 pixel resolution, 16:9 aspect ratio images at up to 4,608 x 2,592 pixels, or 60 fields-per-second interlaced video at 1,920 x 1,080 pixel resolution or below with Dolby Digital Stereo Audio, using AVC HD compression.
On the rear panel of the Sony Cyber-shot TX10 is a 3.0-inch XtraFine Tft Lcd panel with a resolution of 921,600 dots, roughly equivalent to a 640 x 480 pixel, 4:3-aspect array, with each pixel comprising separate red, green, and blue dots. This display serves as the only method of framing and reviewing images, given that the Sony TX10 doesn't feature an optical viewfinder. Courtesy of a touch panel overlay, it also allows for control of some camera functions through the LCD itself, including spot AF selection. The Sony DSC-TX10 has a 9-point autofocus system, and include a face detection system capable of detecting up to eight faces in a scene, as well as differentiating between children and adults. The face detection function is used to provide a Smile Shutter function that automatically triggers the shutter when your subject is smiling, as well as a blink detection feature.
The TX10 offers three methods for determining exposures - multi-pattern, center-weighted or spot metering. Shutter speeds from 2 to 1/1,600 second are possible under automatic control, and sensitivities ranging from ISO 125 to 3,200 equivalents are on offer, with the entire range available under automatic control. 2.0EV of exposure compensation is available, in 1/3 EV steps. The DSC-TX10 also offers Sony's Optical SteadyShot image stabilization, useful for combatting blur caused by camera shake. Eleven white balance settings are available, including auto and nine presets, two of them for underwater photography, plus a manual white balance setting. As well as Intelligent Auto and Program modes, the TX10 offers a selection of 16 scene modes -- High Sensitivity, Twilight, Twilight Portrait, Soft Snap, Landscape, Beach, Snow, Fireworks, Hi-Speed Shutter, Underwater, Gourmet, Pet, Soft Skin, Handheld Twilight, Anti Motion Blur, and Backlight Correction HDR -- which together offer a modicum of control over the look of images.
The TX10's Intelligent Sweep Panorama function works similarly to the older Sweep Panorama, in that a series of photographs are captured and stitched automatically by sweeping the lens across the scene, but analyzes frame content when capturing and stitching images, avoiding chopping up larger moving subjects. The function allows automatic creation of 238, 172, 163, or 120-degree panoramas in-camera, with the angle depending on the image dimensions. In addition, the TX10 also includes Sony's 3D Sweep Panorama function, which uses some clever mathematics to recreate a 3D image from a single lens, saving the result as a multi-picture object file that contains two separate JPEG images, one for each eye. The result can be viewed on 3D-capable Sony Bravia displays. 3D Sweep panoramas can cover the same field of view as Intelligent Sweep panoramas, as well as an additional 64-degree option. The Sweep Multi Angle function is only available at 1,920 x 1,080 pixel size, and allows viewing the image with a 3D effect on the camera's 2D LCD display, by changing the display perspective as the camera is rocked from side to side. (The same clever user interface trick is used to cycle backwards or forwards through a group of high-speed burst images). The Backlight Correction HDR mode is something we've seen in certain of Sony's previous Alpha digital SLRs and Cyber-shot compacts. The camera captures several images with varying exposure, and then automatically combines them into a single image with increased dynamic range.
The Sony TX10 includes a four-mode flash strobe with red-eye reduction capability. Flash range is stated as 0.08 to 3.7 meters at wide angle, or 0.5 to 2.7 meters at telephoto, when using automatic ISO sensitivity. A two- or ten-second self timer allows the photographer to get in the picture themselves, or to avoid camera shake caused by pressing the shutter button when shooting on a tripod. Images and movies can be recorded on Secure Digital, SDHC or the latest SDXC types. The TX10 is also compatible with Sony's own proprietary Memory Stick PRO Duo cards. The Sony TX10 includes Standard Definition and HDMI high definition video output connectivity, as well as USB data connectivity. Power comes courtesy of a proprietary NP-BN1 Infolithium battery pack. Information on battery life and internal memory, if any, wasn't available at press time.
The Sony TX10 digital camera ships in the US market from March 2011, priced at around US$330. Five body colors will be available -- silver, black, green, blue, and pink. Buy here>>
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